Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security Act of 2005
Latest action · Apr 4, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 17, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to grant qualifying alien agricultural workers (and their spouses and minor children) temporary resident status and subsequently lawful permanent resident status upon the fulfillment of specified agricultural work and residency requirements.
Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) adjustment of status applications, including penalties for false statements; (2) the waiver of numerical limitations and certain grounds for inadmissibility; (3) the temporary stay of removal and work authorization; (4) administrative and judicial review; and (5) dissemination of program information.
Amends the Social Security Act to provide for the correction of such aliens' social security records.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to set forth application requirements for H-2A (temporary agricultural worker) employers and employer associations, including assurances: (1) that the job opportunity is temporary or seasonal and is not the result of a labor dispute; (2) that attempts have been made to hire U.S. workers; and (3) respecting required wages and benefits and compliance with labor laws.
Sets forth employment requirements with respect to H-2A worker wages, housing, and transportation reimbursement. Establishes the Commission on Agricultural Wage Standards under the H-2A program.
Revises provisions respecting the admission and extension of stay of H-2A workers. Provides special rules for alien sheepherders.
Sets forth worker protection and labor standards enforcement provisions for such aliens.
Cosponsors 56
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 17, 2005 to Apr 26, 2006; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Adam H. Putnam | Original | Feb 17, 2005 |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Original | Feb 17, 2005 |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Original | Feb 17, 2005 |
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | Original | Feb 17, 2005 |
| R-CA | George Radanovich | Original | Feb 17, 2005 |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Original | Feb 17, 2005 |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Original | Feb 17, 2005 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Feb 17, 2005 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Feb 17, 2005 |
| R-FL | Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Original | Feb 17, 2005 |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Original | Feb 17, 2005 |
| R-IL | Ray LaHood | Original | Feb 17, 2005 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Feb 17, 2005 |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Original | Feb 17, 2005 |
| R-NY | Thomas M. Reynolds | Original | Feb 17, 2005 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 17, 2005 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Apr 4, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 4, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
- Feb 17, 2005Introduced in House
- Feb 17, 2005Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL32044 | Immigration: Policy Considerations Related to Guest Worker Programs Archived | Report | Mar 16, 2010 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 359 | Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security Act of 2005 | Identical bill | Feb 18, 2005 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the adjustment of status of certain foreign agricultural workers, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the H-2A worker program under that Act, to provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, to extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Administrative fees
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Admission of nonimmigrants
- Advertising
- Agricultural labor
- Agriculture and Food
- Alien labor
- Aliens
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Collective bargaining
- Commuting
- Confidential communications
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost of living adjustments
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal aliens
- Criminal investigation
- Damages
- Data banks
- Death
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Labor
- Department of State
- Deportation
- Directories
- Disability insurance
- Disabled
- Disasters
- Discrimination in employment
- Dismissal of employees
- Driver licenses
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Employee benefit plans
- Employee rights
- Employers' liability
- Employment agencies
- Evidence (Law)
- Ex-offenders
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal preemption
- Fines (Penalties)
- Fraud
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Grievance procedures
- Health
- Hours of labor
- Housing and Community Development
- Identification devices
- Illegal aliens
- Immigrants
- Immigration
- Industrial arbitration
- Injunctions
- Job hunting
- Judicial review
- Labor and Employment
- Labor contracts
- Labor disputes
- Labor unions
- Law
- Layoffs
- Legal fees
- Legal services
- Liability insurance
- Licenses
- Limitation of actions
- Lockouts
- Married people
- Mediation
- Medical records
- Migrant labor
- Minimum wages
- Motor vehicle safety
- Old age, survivors and disability insurance
- Passports
- Payroll deductions
- Personnel records
- Prosecution
- Public housing
- Public records
- Range management
- Recruiting of employees
- Relocation
- Residence requirements
- Right of privacy
- Right to travel
- Rural housing
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Seasonal labor
- Social Welfare
- State laws
- Surety and fidelity
- Temporary employment
- Transfer of employees
- Transportation and Public Works
- Travel costs
- User charges
- Visas
- Wage restitution
- Wages
- Workers' compensation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 17, 2005Introduced in House
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